{"id":9101,"date":"2014-03-24T11:11:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T11:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/03\/24\/bollywood-comes-to-shrewsbury\/"},"modified":"2014-03-24T11:11:58","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T11:11:58","slug":"bollywood-comes-to-shrewsbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/24\/bollywood-comes-to-shrewsbury\/","title":{"rendered":"Bollywood Comes to Shrewsbury"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Shrewsbury caf\u00e9 owner was amazed to find that the elegant woman who popped in for coffee and a panini was a famous Bollywood actress.<\/font><\/div>\n

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Durmus \u2018Frankie\u2019 Ozdogan, 38, runs Aleyna\u2019s Caf\u00e9 within the Darwin Shopping Centre and says he was thrilled to find he\u2019d served Anu Hasan, who is a huge star in India and among the UK\u2019s Indian community. <\/font><\/div>\n

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And he was delighted that Anu, 43, happily posed for photographs with his two daughters, Aleyna, seven, and Millie, four.<\/font><\/div>\n

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And the film and TV star enjoyed her visit to Shrewsbury too: \u201cWe were filming the pilot for Travelogue which is for a Tamil TV channel.<\/font><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe loved Shrewsbury for its quaintness. It was like being in a town that takes you back to the 15th and 16th centuries with an ease that few other places can hope to achieve.<\/font><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe have completed our episode and I must say we seem to have captured most of Shrewsbury’s unique character. The shopping centre and Aleyna’s was where we went to recharge – both ourselves as well as our camera batteries.<\/font><\/div>\n

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\u201cDurmus was fantastic and his kids were darling!\u201d<\/font><\/div>\n

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Turkish born Durmus, who is better known locally as Frankie, admits he didn\u2019t know who Anu was until a cameraman she was with told him. <\/font><\/div>\n

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He said: \u201cThey came in three times during the Sunday they were in Shrewsbury filming. I don\u2019t know if they were doing a film or documentary but they spent the day in Shrewsbury. <\/font><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe served Anu and quite a few of the film crew. It was a real pleasure to serve someone like that as it\u2019s not something we do every day.<\/font><\/div>\n

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\u201cThey came in early on, not long after we opened, and had coffee and a panini. They then returned twice more for coffee during the day. Anu was a lovely lady and I\u2019m thrilled she chose to come to Aleyna\u2019s Caf\u00e9 for their breaks while in Shrewsbury.<\/font><\/div>\n

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Frankie has run his Aleyna\u2019s Caf\u00e9 business in the Darwin Centre for the past four months having moved from the Riverside Shopping Centre, where he was based for more than six years, as he wanted larger premises to accommodate an increase in trade. <\/font><\/div>\n

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Kevin Lockwood, Manager of the Darwin, Pride Hill and Riverside Shopping Centres, said: \u201cIt\u2019s always nice to have a celebrity connection here at the Shopping Centres and we\u2019re delighted that Anu chose to call here.<\/font><\/div>\n

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\u201cShrewsbury made a very favourable impression on her and hopefully her programme will attract many more visitors to the town.\u201d<\/font><\/div>\n

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Frankie said: \u201cI\u2019m really pleased to have moved to the Darwin Centre. I have been in Shrewsbury for more than 10 years now and we opened Aleyna\u2019s Caf\u00e9 at the Riverside more than six years ago. <\/font><\/div>\n

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\u201cBusiness has gone really well and we have many regular customers who all come to enjoy their coffees and cakes. It\u2019s the first time we have had a Bollywood star drop in and if Anu wants to come back, we would love to see her.\u201d <\/font><\/div>\n

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Anu Hasan is an award-winning Tamil actress and TV anchorwoman who has starred in more than 20 Bollywood blockbusters since making her debut in the critically acclaimed 1995 film, Indira.<\/font><\/div>\n

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She has a Masters degree in Physics and Management, is an expert in martial arts and an accomplished jazz singer. <\/font><\/div>\n

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